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This digital resource offers essential financial ratios by industry for medium, large, and small Canadian firms, facilitating inter-industry comparisons. It replaces previous print versions and includes provincial and regional data.
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Financial Performance Indicators for Canadian Business the never-ending saga
Format? • Formerly a print and fiche product • Went electronic in the mid-90s
What is it? • Provides key financial ratios by industry • No individual company data • Allows for comparability of firms within industries
What does it look like?New interface same general options Here they are! Alert: Industry definitions missing
Highlights • Three volumes • Volume 1: Medium and large firms (financial and non-financial) • Volume 2: Medium firms (non-financial) • Volume 3: Small firms (non-financial) • 15 ratios found in all three volumes (this is new) • Volume 3 includes provincial/territorial and regional data
What do I need to know? • Formerly DLI, now also DSP • Careful! DSP and DLI version are different • DLI version includes provincial/territorial and regional data, but DSP doesn’t. • Current version uses NAICS 2002 • Replaces many other products with the same name • Help files are very helpful (especially older versions) • CAUTION: Don’t go wild trying to compare data from different editions.